{"id":600,"date":"2010-12-09T12:12:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T02:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/?p=600"},"modified":"2020-06-20T02:00:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T16:00:02","slug":"christmas-gift-ideas-for-the-driver-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/home\/christmas-gift-ideas-for-the-driver-in-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas gift ideas for the driver in your life"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know.\u00a0 You\u2019d love to give that special someone who also happens to be keen on motoring a new car for Christmas.\u00a0 Some of us are in a financial position to buy a Porsche Boxter, VW Beetle convertible or the new model Alfa Romeo Guilettta as a Christmas present, but the average Joe and Jill Australian can\u2019t quite afford to do this \u2013 as much as we would like to.\u00a0 So what do you buy that driver in your life for Christmas that won\u2019t leave you wailing and lamenting when the credit card bills come in and\/or New Year\u2019s Day when you make your financial resolutions?\u00a0 Here\u2019s a dozen car-related suggestions…<\/p>\n

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  1. Any Top Gear<\/em> related book, whether it\u2019s The Stig\u2019s new autobiography or one of their more amusing coffee-table varieties. (Note: that one I\u2019ve seen in my local bookseller where you have to find The Stig in a busy picture rather than trying to see Where\u2019s Wally this time is probably best for younger readers).\u00a0 DVD versions of the TV shows also go down well.\u00a0 So does a year\u2019s subscription to any motoring magazine.<\/li>\n
  2. Calendars.\u00a0 You can get calendars featuring most of the hot makes of cars, as well as mixed-bag calendars of supercars, etc.\u00a0<\/li>\n
  3. Computer, X-box, Playstation or Wii driving simulations.\u00a0 This is one place where you won\u2019t be left broke, catching a lift because you\u2019ve lost your licence, behind bars or in a wheelchair (or coffin) if you scream around a city at 200 km\/h smashing into other cars, walls, trees and signposts with a cop on your tail.\u00a0<\/li>\n
  4. Car grooming gear.\u00a0 Anyone who loves their car will make good use of consumable goodies for keeping their car bright and shiny.\u00a0 Also consider accessories such as chamois leather and brushes.<\/li>\n
  5. If you have a die-hard Ford or Holden lover, it\u2019s easy to find everyday items branded with the logo they love, including (but definitely not limited to) T-shirts, coffee mugs and bed covers.\u00a0 They seem to crop up in every gift shop I walk into, so they\u2019re not hard to find.\u00a0 Other logo-branded gear is out there, but the Big Aussie Two are the most common.<\/li>\n
  6. Car accessories.\u00a0 Check first before buying these, as your car lover may also have purchased them. Suggestions include leather or leather-look steering wheel covers, seat covers, spare wheel covers (for 4x4s \u2013 do a little sneaky work and find out how big the tyre cover ought to be).\u00a0 Stereo equipment also goes down well.<\/li>\n
  7. Driving gloves.\u00a0 These are rather old-fashioned but they have a certain bit of class about them, especially if they\u2019re in leather that matches the car\u2019s upholstery.\u00a0 Best suited for those driving classy European vehicles such as Jaguars, BMWs, Audis and Mercedes (but not Rolls-Royce or Daimler \u2013 the chauffeur probably already has driving gloves as part of the livery).\u00a0 Scarves (not too long!) in silk or mohair are also appropriate for those who have the open-top versions.<\/li>\n
  8. Jaguar aftershave\/cologne\/perfume.\u00a0 If you have someone who yearns for a Jag or already owns a Jag, this could be a romantic, sexy option.\u00a0 There are several options for men and women out there.\u00a0 If your local chemist or department store doesn\u2019t stock them, try the Jaguar fragrance website<\/a> \u2013 and be quick so your order arrives before the 25th<\/sup>.<\/li>\n
  9. If you\u2019re broke and they know it, a model car of the sort they love.\u00a0 This could be a Matchbox or Hot Wheels version, or one of those models that require a rainy day, tweezers and Superglue.\u00a0 The toy version is best accompanied by a card that says you\u2019d love to get them the real thing if you could, but this will do in the meantime.<\/li>\n
  10. Customised pin-up picture for your Significant Other.\u00a0 This requires access to photo-editing software and a cooperative friend.\u00a0 Get the friend to photo you scantily clad in or on your Significant Other\u2019s set of wheels in a sexy pose (wash and polish the car first and put the car against a nice backdrop.\u00a0 If you plan to drop in a digital backdrop, hang up a sheet or three on the fence or the washing line to act as your backdrop \u2013 makes the digital bit easier).\u00a0 Tinker around with the digital retouching and other tools to add the necessary glamour to car and person.\u00a0 Print and\/or frame.\u00a0 Best not to open this one in front of prim and proper aunties.\u00a0 The ambitious can create a home-made calendar of the tear-off type.<\/li>\n
  11. A dozen \u201cFree car wash by me\u201d coupons, either handwritten or printed on the computer.\u00a0 This is a good gift if you\u2019re really hard up, as they cost nothing except a few hours in the weekend \u2013 just be prepared to follow through next year when they redeem the coupons.<\/li>\n
  12. Quirky, clever or humorous signs or stickers.\u00a0 These can range from retro-styled garage signs printed on metal to the classic bumper sticker or licence plate surround.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you are the car-lover and your nearest and dearest are scratching their heads as to what to get you for Christmas, print out this page and stick it on the fridge, leave the window open on your browser when they happen to walk in, or share it on Facebook as a not-so-subtle hint.<\/p>\n

    Bonus idea: Charity Gifts.<\/p>\n

    One recent trend is to buy something through a charitable organisation in someone else\u2019s name as a gift, usually something that will help a third-world community pick itself up get out of the poverty trap.\u00a0 You have to pick who you give this to, as some people like getting something from you, no matter how small.\u00a0 But if you do this sort of thing, then there are transport-related gifts out there.\u00a0 What could be more suited to the origins of Christmas than the gift of a donkey<\/a>? http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/offers-zaim\/migcredit-dengi-v-dolg.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I know.\u00a0 You\u2019d love to give that special someone who also happens to be keen on motoring a new car for Christmas.\u00a0 Some of us are in a financial position to buy a Porsche Boxter, VW Beetle convertible or the new model Alfa Romeo Guilettta as a Christmas present, but the average Joe and Jill […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12527,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/12527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}